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Avery Island

On Jan. 19, I visited Avery Island with Mrs. Hebert. We wanted to start the visit by the TABASCO® Museum but it was closed so we went to the TABASCO® store. There, we watched a really interesting movie about the history of the original TABASCO® sauce, which was created by Edmund McIlhenny in the 19th century on Avery Island, and which is labeled in 180 countries today.

After that, it was time for us to taste some TABASCO® sauce. The store has a large range of TABASCO® sauce with seven different flavors (Original Red, Green Jalapeño, Chipotle, Buffalo Style, Habanero, Garlic Pepper and Sweet & Spicy). There are even TABASCO® candies and ice cream!

The store really impressed me because it proposed to the visitors to buy so many different things with the TABASCO® brand! You could get there of course different kinds of Tabasco sauce, but also TABASCO® shirts, ties, caps, key chains, canes, crockery, bags, candies, posters, etc… They sold whatever you want except the only thing you really need when you taste TABASCO®: water!

Next, we drove to the Jungle Gardens on the northwest side of the island. The landscapes were wonderful and the sunset on the Bayou Petite Anse was really breathtaking. I decided to go out the car for a moment to try to find alligators, but it isn’t the season to watch them. However, I saw some egrets and other water birds on the bayou. I also enjoyed the different kinds of trees, plants and flowers which grow on the Island like camellias and bamboo.